Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, October 27, 2005.

eBay Classifieds
Rafat Ali points out in PaidContent.org that eBay's SEC 10-Q report shows it eBay's Kijiji international classifieds paid a total of $81.6 million for three international sites, Gumtree.com, LoQUo, and opusforum, including acquisition-related expenses.
http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_10_26.shtml#052061

"Yahoo Auctions Newsletter," October 2005
The October 2005 issue of the Yahoo Auctions newsletter is now online.
http://auctions.yahoo.com/phtml/auc/us/newsletter/ynl_auctions_20051015.html

"EBay Has Hurricane Memorabilia Aplenty," By Courtney Semple (The Sun Herald), Ecommerce Times, 10/25/05
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/46943.html

"Book: PayPal Wars," Posted by Auren Hoffman on his Summation Blog, 10/25/05
http://summation.typepad.com/summation/2005/10/book_paypal_war_1.html

"eBay launches national TV ad campaign," By Stefanie Olsen, Cnet, 10/26/05
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5916234.html

"Google Base Could be Database For Everything," By Susan Kuchinskas, InternetNews.com, 10/26/05
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3559416

"Google vs eBAY or Google vs YahooBAY?" posted by Sramana Mitra on her blog, 10/26/05
http://sramanamitra.com/blog/158